When I entered the investment industry in 1984 Peter Lynch was managing the highly successful Fidelity Magellan Fund. There was no talk among individual investors about excluding certain stocks from their portfolios for social reasons. The overall goal of investing was to maximize shareholder value. In other words, make the most money without regard to social impact.

Last week William “Rick” Singer plead guilty to an astonishing college admissions bribery scheme where college sports coaches were bribed; people were paid to take the SATs and ACTs for the children of celebrities and wealthy families.

The Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 was one of the biggest changes to the tax law in over 20 years. One of the changes it made in early 2018 was reducing the payroll withholding amounts for employees. That meant a worker would immediately receive bigger tax-home paychecks.

In the last few years retiring in your early 50s or 40s has entered mainstream discussion as many tech entrepreneurs have found themselves very wealthy at a young age. It has given rise to impressive stories about traveling the world, changing careers, and changing lifestyles.

Let’s assume that you’ve done a good job as a parent. You’ve raised good, smart kids, put them through college and helped them get a start in life. But this group—often identified as millennials—has different challenges than you did when you started out.

The last few months have woken up a lot of investors. Suddenly, the markets seem to be in free fall one day and rocketing upwards the next. After nine--almost sleepy--years it appears that market volatility is back. And now that everyone is opening up their 2018 year-end statements, the picture is not pretty.

With our lives moving online, the number of ways that bad guys can take advantage of us seems to be growing exponentially. And, there is reason to worry: According to 2018 Identity Fraud, there were 16.7 million victims of identity fraud in 2017, a record high that was preceded by another record high in 2016.